Major Scott Applegate is originally from White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, and is a 1996 graduate of Greenbrier East High School. After graduation, Scott enlisted in the United States Army and served with the 2-47th Infantry Battalion at Fort Benning, Georgia. In 2001, he was awarded a Green to Gold Scholarship from the Commanding General of Fort Benning in order to complete his college education. Scott graduated from West Virginia University in 2003 and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in Military Police Corps. He serves in the West Virginia Army National Guard and is a former commander of the 154th Military Police Company in Moundsville and Salem, West Virginia. While in this role, he has served the State and Nation in many capacities, which include supporting local law enforcement agencies during Hurricane Ivan in 2004 and leading a civil disturbance platoon during the 2005 Presidential Inauguration.In 2003, Scott was admitted to the West Virginia University College of Law. While at the College of Law, Scott was given the privilege to serve as the Summit, or President, of Mountain Honorary, the oldest and ranking honorary at WVU. He graduated Order of the Barristers in 2006. In January 2008, Scott was selected to serve as minority counsel for the West Virginia House of Delegates' Minority Leader, and now Speaker of the House, Timothy P. Armstead, during the 2nd Session, 78th Legislature.
For his military education, Scott exceeded course standards for the Command and General Staff Officer’s Course; is as an honor graduated of the Judge Advocate General Officer Basic Course and the Judge Advocate General Officer Advanced Course; has completed the Military Police Officer Basic Course, the Contract Attorney’s Course, Domestic Operations Law Course, the Procurement Fraud Advisor’s Course, the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (SAPR) Victim Advocate (VA) and the Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense Officer.
Scott’s decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal (w/1 Oak Leaf Cluster), Army Commendation Medal, the Army Achievement Medal (w/3 Oak Leaf Clusters), Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Army Service Ribbon, the West Virginia Distinguished Unit Award, the West Virginia Minuteman Medal, the West Virginia Service Ribbon, the West Virginia State Service Ribbon, the West Virginia Emergency Service Ribbon and the District of Columbia Community Service Ribbon. Most recently, he was named by the State Journal as a member of 2016 Generation Next 40 Under 40.
